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Definition of First-rate
1. Adverb. Quite well. "She doesn't feel first-rate today"
2. Adjective. Of the highest quality. "She is absolutely tops"
Language type: Colloquialism
Similar to: Superior
Definition of First-rate
1. Noun. (military nautical historical) A ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gun decks ¹
2. Adjective. (military nautical historical) Describing a ship of the line in the British navy that had over 100 guns on three gundecks ¹
3. Adjective. (context: by extension) Exceptionally good ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of First-rate
Literary usage of First-rate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1848)
"Though not fully first rate in quality, it was decided to be worthy of cultivation
on account ... Summer Queen—first rate for cooking, second for the table. ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1903)
"The stories are most effective and th- humor is of a first rate order."—1'hila.
Press. KENT FORT MANOR By WILLIAM. ..."
3. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"But th- Medea remains a tragedy of first-rate power, ït is admir able for the
splendid force with which the character of thf strange and strong-hearted ..."
4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"To be a Goethe a man must be familiar with many ideas that were unfamiliar to
Shakspeare ; which partly explains why it is more difficult to be a first-rate ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"As soon as the system of the country made possible first-rate printing offices
in rivalry with the best printing houses in England, the American demand for ..."
6. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"In fact, a first-rate character is not attainable. A second-rate must be taken
with good dispositions and barely decent qualifications. ..."
7. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1879)
"Supra-pubic lithotomy is no "dernier ressort;" it is a first-rate operation, and
ought to be recognized as such. ARTICLE XVI. ..."
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